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New Delhi, 25th Jan. Congress leader and former Union minister RPN Singh on Tuesday quit Congress amid speculations of him joining BJP. This is a major setback to Congress just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.
RPN Singh posted his resignation letter addressed to Sonia Gandhi on twitter, “Today, at a time, we are celebrating the formation of our great Republic, I begin a new chapter in my political journey. Jai Hind.”
Today, at a time, we are celebrating the formation of our great Republic, I begin a new chapter in my political journey. Jai Hind pic.twitter.com/O4jWyL0YDC
— RPN Singh (@SinghRPN) January 25, 2022
Notably, prior to the resignation, Singh had also changed his Twitter Bio from: My motto India, First, Always. AICC in-charge, Jharkhand, Spokesperson Congress party, Former Minister of State for Home Affairs, to “My motto India, First, Always.”
Kunwar Ratanjit Pratap Narain (RPN) Singh, popularly known as Raja Saheb of Padrauna was a former Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was an MP from Kushinagar constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014).
The 57-year-old former Congress leader from the erstwhile royal family of Sainthwar of Kushinagar (Padrauna) was an MLA from the Padrauna constituency of Uttar Pradesh (1996-2009), just like his father CPN Singh. Popularly known as Raja Saheb of Padrauna, the Congress party’s Jharkhand in-charge, RPN Singh has previously served as the Minister of State from 2012 to 2014.
However, in the 16th Lok Sabha election, RPN Singh lost to BJP’s Rajesh Pandey. He has also served as the All India Congress Committee’s Secretary from 2003-2006.
RPN Singh’s exit from Congress would come off as a massive blow for Congress right before the Assembly elections 2022.
Notably, in the past one year, big names like Jitin Prasada, Luizinho Faleiro, Sushmita Dev, Kirti Azad, and Ashok Tanwar have also switched from the Congress.
Jitin Prasada had left the Congress to join the Bhartiya Janata Party in June 2021 and was soon after given charge of the Technical Education Department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
In August 2021, former All India Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev quit Congress to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro, Kirti Azad, and former Congress MP Ashok Tanwar had also joined TMC after quitting Congress.
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